On June 19, 2025, the Supreme Court of India ordered a stay on the declaration of results for the Trained Graduate Teachers (Special Educators) recruitment exam conducted by the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB). The exam was scheduled to start from June 24.
A Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Manmohan passed the interim order while hearing the petition related to the recruitment of 945 special educator posts in Delhi government schools.
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“It is your case that they have not done the recruitment process for a long period of time? [But], now that they are doing it, please stall it?”
– Justice Manmohan to Senior Advocate Vibha Datta Makhija
Representing the petitioners, Senior Advocate Vibha Datta Makhija argued that, in line with the Supreme Court’s earlier order dated March 7 in the case Rajneesh Kumar Pandey & Ors v. Union of India, all States and Union Territories were directed to consider existing contractual or guest special educators for regular appointment through a screening mechanism before starting new recruitment drives.
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She clarified that the petitioners are not seeking a stay on the examination process but are only requesting that no rights be created in favour of the new recruits until the issue is resolved.
Taking note of the submissions, the Court decided to tag the current petition with Writ Petition No. 132/2016, which is already under consideration. Consequently, it ordered a stay on the declaration of results for the current recruitment until further notice.
The petitioners in this case have been working as contractual/guest special educators for several years under the Government of NCT of Delhi, providing teaching services to children with special needs. They were aggrieved by notifications dated May 23, 2022, July 20, 2022, and July 31, 2023, which announced online recruitment exams for 945 posts.
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They also challenged the Central Administrative Tribunal’s interim order dated June 10, which had rejected their plea for reserving 275 posts out of the 945 sanctioned positions specifically for existing guest educators.
The Court's stay ensures that existing guest educators’ rights are not undermined by the new recruitment drive.
The matter will now proceed alongside other related cases as the Supreme Court continues to hear the broader issue of priority appointment for existing special educators across the country.
Case Details: BRIJESH KUMAR PAL AND ORS. v. GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI AND ORS|SLP(C) No. 16838/2025
